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Tyler, William, fl. 1774-1776 to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.00139 Author/Creator: Tyler, William, fl. 1774-1776 Place Written: Providence, Rhode Island Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 23 April 1774 Pagination: 1p. +addr.+docket. 20.7 cm. x 16.6 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses raising a militia in Providence, Rhode Island and asks Knox to send "the Boston Cadets Articles in full" to him. Tyler was an adjutant of Babcock's Rhode Island State Regiment in the Revolutionary War.

Tyler, William, fl. 1774-1776
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

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